STATE CENTRAL LIBRARY
CULTURE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM, GANGTOK
MEMBERSHIP RULES
The State Central Library is an institution to provide library services and reading facilities for user members who are enrolled as member of the library under the rules specified below. Non- members may also use the library facilities within the library reading room but shall not be entitled to borrow reading materials from the library for home reading.
- People who are resident of Gangtok and its surrounding places shall only be entitled to enrol themselves as members to borrow from the library. There are two types of membership (1) Ordinary Membership (ii) Lifetime Membership. Person opting for ordinary membership requires to Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty) only as enrolment-cum-annual fee under Revenue Head of 0202.04.800.01/ Culture at State Bank of Sikkim and Rs. 200/- extra should be deposited in cash to the Librarian as Security deposit which is refundable later if the member wishes to withdraw the membership.
- For Lifetime Membership onetime fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) only should be deposited under the Revenue Head of 0202.04.800.01 / Culture at State Bank of Sikkim and the bank receipt should be produced to the Librarian accordingly. 3. A member shall be entitled to borrow a maximum of two books at a time for period of ten days
- A fine of Rs.1/- (one) per book per day shall be levied and collected from the members who do not return the books issued to him/her in time. Further no books or any reading materials shall be issued to such members until the fine is fully paid and the books are returned to the library.
- In the event of loss or damage to a book, the member shall either replace the book with a new one or pay three times more of the current cost price of the loss or damaged book. In such circumstances, members shall not be entitled to borrow any book till its settlement.
- A member who repeatedly fails to abide by the library rules and do not return the borrowed books in time or fails to pay the cost of the books in the event of its loss/damage within one month, maximum of three reminder letters shall be sent by post to the borrower from the library at their address as recorded in the register during the time of his/her enrolment. If no response is received from the borrower within three months from the last reminder, then his/her name shall be notified through Sikkim Herald / Local Newspaper without any information and his/her name will be struck off from the membership register without any further information as well as security deposit shall be forfeited.
- Ordinary Member who fails to renew their membership continuously for three consecutive years, their name shall be struck off from the membership register and their security deposit shall be forfeited.
- Reference and rare books are not allowed to be issued from the library under any circumstances. Members can however read them in the library reading room or may take photocopy of their requirement.
- The membership rules are applicable to all the District and Sub-Divisional Libraries.
